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| Tanner J. Conley, Michelle Luz, Iris Huey, Phillip Herrington, and Willa Eigo Photo by John Groseclose |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance is both a high school reunion comedy and a sharp exploration of memory, mortality, and the passage of time. Stray Cat Theatre's current production excels with a top-notch ensemble cast and thoughtful direction. What could have easily been just another story about old friends reuniting feels alive and urgent thanks to the actors' ability to balance humor with honesty and the script, which reminds us that no one can escape the choices they make, the legacy they leave behind, or the always present notion that death isn't that far away." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
"Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 2023 Off-Broadway hit “The Comeuppance” is making its Southwest premiere in an outstanding Stray Cat Theatre production. The play probes a group of high school friends who reunite as they approach middle-age providing a revealing journey into the past and how their current life is influenced by their formative years." -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)
"Reunions are never really about catching up. They’re about score-keeping, unresolved crushes, unspoken wounds, and the quiet panic that the best years might be behind us. In Stray Cat Theatre’s season-opener presentation of THE COMEUPPANCE, now playing at Tempe Centre for The Arts until October 11, writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the template of the classic American reunion drama and breaks it open, injecting the genre with ghostly forebodings and the lingering hangover of post-pandemic malaise. The results are bold, but often maddeningly uneven." - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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